The trend series for the value of total lease finance commitments fell 0.1% in December 2017 and the seasonally adjusted series rose 8.3%, after a fall of 7.6% in November 2017.

NOTES

FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE

Release Date

January 2018

14 March 2018

February 2018

16 April 2018

March 2018

15 May 2018

April 2018

12 June 2018

May 2018

13 July 2018

June 2018

10 August 2018

FORTHCOMING CHANGES

A new publication will soon be released which will see Housing Finance, Australia (5609.0) and Lending Finance, Australia (5671.0) combined into a single, simpler publication called Lending to Households and Businesses, Australia (5601.0).

To enable users to prepare for the new publication, tables of data in the new publication format will be released no less than one month prior to the first release of Lending to Households and Businesses, Australia (5601.0).

REVISIONS

In this issue, revisions have been made to the original series as a result of improved reporting of survey and administrative data. These revisions have affected the following series:

Commercial Finance for the periods September 2017 and October 2017.

Personal Finance for the period November 2017.

Investment housing finance for the period October 2017.

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INQUIRIES

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